#239565 - 01/17/1210:30 PMRe: Italian Cruise Ship Disaster
[Re: GarlyDog]
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Originally Posted By: GarlyDog
I wonder if anyone has conducted a test to determine how long it would take to disembark a super-cruiser full of passengers into life rafts under ideal conditions.
I'm pretty sure the US Coast Guard has.
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I suspect it takes much longer than would be acceptable in a crisis.
They had time, in this case, and squandered much of it.
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